Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-24

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BEss.
man, don't care much about the money,
I'll take thousand for a third share if /
can get a gentleman--none of your Beers
or mean whites for me. tell you have
had enough of Beers and their ways; the
best day of my life was when old SheP-
stone ran up the Union Jack there in Pre-
toria and could call myself an English
man again. Lord! and to think that there
are men who are subjects of the queen and
want to be subject, OF \ republic again!
Mad! Captain Mel. l tell you, quite mad!
However, there's an end of it all now.
| You know what Sr Garnet Wolseley told
them in the name of the queen up at the
Vaal River, that this country would re-
main English till the sun stood still in the
heavens and the waters of the Vaal ran
backwards That's good enough for me,
for, as / tell these grumbling fellows who
the land back now that we have paid their
debts and defeated their enemies, no En-
glish government goes back on its word, or
breaks engagements solemnly entered into
by its representatives. We leave that sort OF
thing to foreigners. No, no, Captain Mel,
would not ask you to take a share in this
place if wasn't sure that it would remain
under the British flag. But We will talk
of this another time, and,now come in TO
breakfast.
After breakfast, John was far too lame
to go about the farm, the fair Bessie sug
gested that he should come and help her
wash a batch of ostrich feathers, and, ac-
cordingly, of he went. The IOcds operdndi
was in a space of grass in the rear of lit
tie clump of "naatche" orange trees OF
which the fruit is like that of the Maltese
orange, only larger. Here were placed an
ordinary washing tub half filled with warm
water aud tin bath full of cold. The os-
trich feathers, many of which were COM
pletely coated with red dirt, were plunged
first into the tub OF warm water, where
John Mel scrubbed them with soap, and
then transferred 10 the tin bath, wher Bees
sic rinsed them and then laid them on q
sheet in the sun to dry. The morning was
very pleasant, and John soon came to the
conclusion that there are many more disa
greeable occupations IN the world than th'
washing OF ostrich feathers with lovely
girl TO help you; for there was no doubt
but that she was lovely, very type Of
happy, healthy wOmanhOod, as she sal
there opposite to him on the little stool
lhPT sleeves rolled up almost to the shout
d'rS showing P"'r Vi arms TuaI "ouiI
i NV Ia III ,hot,ad oway 40 sha y,shaJ
~. .i'"S - gu" So. NJ Iahn Niol ySos mo-, a
s,,ooontibla man. Le had zone tbronob this
&C. To- Lef,re ondIbnrned his FINGERS liz,
,nany onotber confdiny youppster. bnt
oII the same he did wander as he sat there
and watched this fair girl. who somehow
reminded him of rich rosebud bursting
into blaom how long it would be possible
10 live in the same house with her without
falling under the spell of her charm and
beauty. Aud then he began TO think OF
less and what a strange contrast the two
were.
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mp at her, i don think That you are en-
TITLED TO complain Oh the way that nature
n's ''e'''u So"'
She bluShed a little, more NJ the tone o.
his voice than the words, and went on
hastily, jess Is the dearest, best, aho
cleverest woman IN Inc "hoie world-there
believe that sue mas only one lault, ana
that Is that she THINKS 100 much about me
Uncle told me that ne had tOld you now
we came here lrSt "nen was elght years OLD
wen, .Sniel niI. ,, '.at Mnen we iosV ou
90 and was 81 cold. less took off her own
shawl and wrapped il round me over m,
own. Well. il has been inst like that will
her ALWAYS, | am ALWAYS TO have the shaw
EVERY Thing il 70 give way IN me Rnt
there that is less ali over. she il very cold
cold ne stone. | sometimes think but wher
sbe does care for anybodv II ia enougb tr
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